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Talia Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social |
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journalist, author of Culture Warlords, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
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Faine Greenwood
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If you think that we actually just need a civil war to settle this once and for all: 1. No, you don’t. 2. No, you don’t. 3. You are an idiot.
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Ian Boudreau
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It's quite simple. We just need to find a very powerful wizard
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Faine Greenwood
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The Heritage Foundation is absolutely making overt terrorist threats and everyone you know needs to be aware of this.
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Star Trek Minus Context
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Molly Shah
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I swear to god the first person who brings up Al Franken today I will ritually sacrifice
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Twitter's Bobby Big Wheel
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Orange Man Bad explains far more than many comparative politics PhDs care to admit
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bobby (frociaggine)
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sometimes the most annoying people in politics can be right. the orange man is indeed bad. if you vote, you shouldn’t vote for republicans under any circumstances, which typically leaves one option
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Moira Donegan
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Moira Donegan
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Getting kind of Weimar-y
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Steve Silberman
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"But just think of the RATINGS!" shrieks the clammy-handed up-and-coming executive at one of the conglomerates that now owns the news industry. "Trump shouting 'YOU'RE FIRED' as the firing squad takes aim at Jack Smith - *that's* must-see TV!" www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/u...
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David M. Perry
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“Politics would be interesting again” is the most telling line here. They find all this boring I guess.
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Adam Bonin
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There's no longer any ceiling to how wackadoodle Republican lawsuits can go. As @elliemargolis.bsky.social has flagged, the sovereign state of Missouri, being unable to invade or embargo New York, has instead sued it before SCOTUS to try to aid Trump, because ... reasons.
ago.mo.gov/wp-content/u...
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Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD
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Just preordered the audiobook!
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Talia Lavin
@swordsjew.bsky.social
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in his first book, describing a rich neighborhood: "the faint haze over it like the smoke of slowly burning money"
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Adam Serwer
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I do not regret analogizing these people to the men who took photos of themselves at lynchings www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...
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Micah
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when we say a second Trump term will be the end of meaningful elections in America, we mean it
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Talia Lavin
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i mean nothing is rebecca, but this is close
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pee wee herman-palladino
@markpopham.bsky.social
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A huge winning message for the Democrats is "you will not have to think about this guy ever again"
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Talia Lavin
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it's more propulsive. i find some of hammett kinda wooden
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Talia Lavin
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that movie is so pure and silly
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Talia Lavin
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akira kurosawa adapted it as Yojimbo! and sergio leone too (A Fistful of Dollars)
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Talia Lavin
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i actually think i like the long goodbye better than farewell my lovely (i got them confused in my head)
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Talia Lavin
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its atmospheric as fuck and the movie (with rachel weisz) is pretty damn good too
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Talia Lavin
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my fave noir/neo noir novels
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Talia Lavin
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my top 5: 1. ride the pink horse by dorothy hughes 2. deep water by patricia highsmith 3. farewell my lovely by raymond chandler 4. red harvest by dashiell hammett 5. my cousin rachel by daphne du maurier
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Talia Lavin
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he's the one my mystery novelist friends recommended!
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Talia Lavin
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its just such a nifty little twisty dark fairy tale
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Talia Lavin
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the galton case by ross macdonald is one of my favorite noir novels ever
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough
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The United States has always been a democracy for some and a brutal authoritarian regime for others, and the effort to expand it to democracy for all has led to a 70+ year backlash culminating in SCOTUS claiming that kings are totes cool and also judges are the ones to coronate them
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough
@gothamgirlblue.com
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Again, Black people are an exception here, as basically anyone who stayed in the Jim Crow South has a living memory of living under what amounted to fascism, including the “always walking on eggshells/lack of social trust/long periods of boring endurance/randomized terrifying violence”
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Brian Clevinger
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Isaac! At the Butler!
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If the Biden campaign weren’t engaged in a futile attempt to hide his condition, reporters would be less excited by the prospect of uncovering the story.
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Sen. Gogurt taking notes on a criminal conspiracy
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the conservative theory of law in one headline
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Asawin Suebsaeng
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…no, I’m not blaming anyone for causing this, except for the movement leaders and political heroes of the “shoot more protesters” voting contingent. Anyone wanting to argue about “Ferguson effect” shit can kindly go fuck themselves
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Talia Lavin
@swordsjew.bsky.social
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less a waste of my time and more a tantalizing glimpse into a workplace that seems genuinely nice and humane and thus makes the current struggle more plangent
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MrNelson007, Legendary Bracer
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Think about this a lot, this vibe is in so many leftist spaces, once you make what someone deems a mistake you're tainted forever.
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Talia Lavin
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why would you going through horseshit make me feel better? im so sorry!
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Kevin M. Kruse
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The States Project is one of the best bang-for-your-buck options for your campaign donations. Even beyond it, though, state legislatures deserve your attention. Next time you're tempted to send money to whoever's going to lose to MTG, send it instead to a contested state leg seat.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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i think we should see the Trump v. United States ruling as a group of Republican apparatchiks taking their opportunity to vindicate Nixon and write the unitary executive into the Constitution. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...
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Talia Lavin
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i guess complaining online does not help my case
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Talia Lavin
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My dreams are papered with W-2s and health insurance 😔
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Talia Lavin
@swordsjew.bsky.social
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anyway subscribe to my newsletter since this will be my main income for some time to come, it seems, and i will never be able to stop hustling
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
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Talia Lavin
@swordsjew.bsky.social
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sorry to bitch and seem entitled i just ... this is not where i saw myself in my mid-30s. journalism is an insane profession right now.
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Talia Lavin
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it was an entry level $75k/year reporting position for which going to harvard, getting a fulbright, writing TWO books and getting an essay into a best american anthology did not qualify me... i just want some dang health insurance!
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Talia Lavin
@swordsjew.bsky.social
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tfw you go through five separate interview rounds with your heart in your mouth and don't get the damn job after all that 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
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Alice Marshall
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I just ordered Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by @swordsjew.bsky.social because I want to read it as soon as it comes out.
www.politics-prose.com/book/9780306...
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Talia Lavin
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i fucking hate fireworks -the panic attack brigade
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Tom Scocca
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Particularly relevant to the question of whether it would actually be legal and feasible to get a candidate you pulled out of a hat in the third week of August onto all 50 state ballots
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Prisonculture
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seeing posts on FedBook saying "we" need to get in the streets from people who never hesitate to cheer people getting their heads bashed in by cops when they do, is rich.
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